The Evidence is Clear: Masks Don’t Do Anything.
Kit Knightly
We’re being hit with the “Super Flu” (allegedly), and that means everyone wants us to wear masks again.
We went over this (a lot) in 2020. Then we went over it again in 2023. Masks don’t work, they never worked, and – prior to 2020 – the academic literature was very clear on this.
In a 2016 literature review, infection control expert Dr John Hardie found [emphasis added]:
Between 2004 and 2016 at least a dozen research or review articles have been published on the inadequacies of face masks. All agree that the poor facial fit and limited filtration characteristics of face masks make them unable to prevent the wearer inhaling airborne particles. In their well-referenced 2011 article on respiratory protection for healthcare workers, Drs. Harriman and Brosseau conclude that, “facemasks will not protect against the inhalation of aerosols.”
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Health care workers have long relied heavily on surgical masks to provide protection against influenza and other infections. Yet there are no convincing scientific data that support the effectiveness of masks for respiratory protection.
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It should be concluded from these and similar studies that the filter material of face masks does not retain or filter out viruses
That study was removed from the website of the Journal of Oral Health in July 2020, because it was “no longer relevant in our current climate”. Which is perfectly normal, I’m sure.
Another study, conducted in 2019 and published in May 2020, concluded:
Disposable medical masks are loose-fitting devices that were designed to be worn by medical personnel to protect accidental contamination of patient wounds, and to protect the wearer against splashes or sprays of bodily fluids. There is limited evidence for their effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.
In 2023, the Cochrane Report by Jefferson et al. found:
Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza‐like illness (ILI)/COVID‐19 like illness compared to not wearing masks […] Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of laboratory‐confirmed influenza/SARS‐CoV‐2 compared to not wearing masks…
Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses
None of this is new information; we’ve published it all before, but if they keep pitching the same lies, we’ll just have to keep batting with the same facts.
When it comes to preventing disease, masks are not effective. They never worked. The science backs this up. This is neither an ideological position nor a moral position. It is simply a rational, fact-based position.
Anyone saying otherwise is misinformed, ideologically captured, willfully dishonest or some combination of all three.
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The headline should say that they don’t do anything positive, because they certainly cause plenty of harm.
First and most importantly, they cause dangerous imbalances in the O2/CO2 ratio in the bloodstream. Gas exchange is one of the most basic life processes. All the cells of your body need a constant supply of O2 to stay healthy, and a buildup of CO2 can cause a wide variety of symptoms.
They also cause a buildup of bacteria inside the mask that the wearer is then forced to breathe through, leading to conditions like oral thrush.
Their widespread forced use also causes children to suffer developmental deficiencies because they don’t receive the social signals that would be available from the facial expressions of those around. They also serve as a visual signal that promotes constant stress and fear in children and vulnerable adults, leading to a fight-or-flight hormonal reaction.
And finally, there are no long-term studies examining the cumulative effects of all of the above, nor of the inhalation of plastic microfibers. Just picture dryer lint lining your lungs and respiratory passages. Common sense tells you that can’t be s good thing.
Masks were intended to reduce the spread of droplet borne infection — they don’t stop you from catching anything but they help prevent spreading whatever respiratory infection you’ve got to others. That’s all. For something like ‘flu you likely shouldn’t be out and about when you’re able to transmit the virus (its different from Covid where the infection took several days to produce symptoms).
The only people that seem to regularly use the things are Asians** (Japanese and some Chinese) and then I get the impression they’re more concerned about air pollution than infection. Even so they’re nothing like as common as you’d think — we were milling around on the Tokyo metro a month or so back, for example, and masks were very much the exception than the rule.
(**and, of course, ICE — our “Homeland Defenders”.)
None of the afore-mentioned studies are valid as they fail to address the efficacy of masks to elevate distress and alarm among a gullible population.
Besides, why is the onus always on the criminals to wear masks…?
Media hyped up the masks.?
I have seen surge of the face nappie.
Why do fat people always seem to wear them?
And people wonder why the ‘no-virus’ argument matters. Here we are. Again.
Yes they do. They raise the amount of CO2 you are rebreathing so that specialised CO2 alarms go off in about a minute. Don’t bother trying to google it.
No matter what they say I saw several of the videos back in the day.
Safe and effective, huh?
But….that does not mean mask not can be used for something useful. To filter out something or somebody unwanted:
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Ancient days:
Modern days:
But the jury has now delivered their verdict on this. Masks DO work if you’re a cheating, lying, compliant, blood-spattered, salaried, complicit, lily-livered traitor the truth.
Read the following
https://dailysceptic.org/2025/12/12/the-screaming-super-flu-headlines-vs-the-data/